Comparison

POINPY vs Vampire Crawlers

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

POINPY

Bounce upwards, dodging enemies and collecting fruit to feed a hungry beast. Unlock new abilities and modes as you climb higher in this vertical action game. Explore randomly generated areas and master one-handed controls.

Highlights
  • Intuitive one-handed controls
  • Bounce and flip mechanics
  • Collect fruit for beast's juice
  • Dodge adorable baddies
  • Unlockable puzzle and endless modes
  • Randomly generated areas
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Bounce up, dodge adorable baddies and feed the blue beast that's hot on your heels. A vertical climber from the creator of the award-winning Downwell. Keep going higher and higher because new and more challenging areas await. Earn and unlock abilities that will help you jump into your next run with a better shot at reaching the end. FEATURES Juice 'em up: Use intuitive, one-handed controls to bounce, flip around and grab fruit for the beast's juice. Climb & collect: Evade creatures lurking in randomly generated areas. Collect special abilities like the octobub, which sucks in fruit, and the handy snail clock, which stops time while you ready your next jump. Plus many others! Open new modes: Find a not-so-well-hidden area to unlock the tricky puzzle mode. Complete Poinpy to unlock an endless mode.

About

Vampire Crawlers

Embark on a turn-based card-driven adventure in a dark world. Build powerful decks, explore dungeons, and unleash devastating combos to defeat monsters and find treasures. Choose your pace, from tactical turns to rapid play.

Highlights
  • Turn-based card combat
  • Deck-building mechanics
  • Roguelite dungeon exploration
  • Combo-driven gameplay
  • Character progression
  • Collectible power-ups
Features
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In a dark world, a new adventure begins. Explore maps, level up powers, kill monsters. Find treasures. From the somehow triple-BAFTA‑winning creators of Vampire Survivors, Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors turns the snowballing thrill of Survivors into a hyper turn‑based, card‑driven BLOBBER with rogue-lite elements. Build busted decks, explore familiar dungeons from a new perspective, and unleash world‑ending combos. Either take your time and be tactical, or play turns as fast as you humanly can: The outcome is always accurate, we call it hyper for a reason! What is this game about Snowballing, turn‑based carnage: Play cards in ascending mana order to land combos; each step multiplies the next card’s effect. Use Wilds to extend the stack and keep going to 10, 20, 30… Can you reach infinite? Pick your pace: Either take your time and be tactical, or play turns as fast as you humanly can: The outcome is always accurate, we call it hyper for a reason! Deck-Building: Accumulate experience and level up to gain new cards, headbutt chests for customization gems and power‑ups; chase weapon evolutions and summon survivors to trigger cascade of effects and break the game. Crawling: Explore multi‑floor dungeons packed with something seldom seen in Vampire Survivors: functioning walls. And then all sorts of unique treasures and interactions. Find the shovel to dig into the next floor, that will most likely take place in the clouds! Starting Tips: - Try different Crawlers, each one changes your deck. - Visit the village after every run and remember to buy Power-Ups. - Play cards in ascending mana to trigger combos.

Screenshots

POINPY4 screens
Vampire Crawlers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: POINPY at 95% against Vampire Crawlers's 46%. POINPY also leads on price (Free vs $9.99) and rating (5.0 vs 3.5). Vampire Crawlers's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and chart position (#5 vs unranked). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

POINPY is free to download; Vampire Crawlers costs $9.99 up front. POINPY sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Vampire Crawlers asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

POINPY holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 270 and 91 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of POINPY's written reviews are positive against 46% of Vampire Crawlers's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

POINPY ships an update every 2 weeks, Vampire Crawlers weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
POINPY versus Vampire Crawlers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPOINPYVampire Crawlers
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating5.0 (270 ratings) — better3.5 (91 ratings)
Positive reviews95.4% of reviews — better46.4% of reviews
Number of ratings270 — better91
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#5 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size218 MB1.0 GB
Age rating9++9
DeveloperDevolver Digital, Inc.Poncle

Customer experience

POINPY

All ratings153 ratings
Positive98.7%
Neutral0.7%
Negative0.7%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive95.4%
Neutral2.3%
Negative2.3%

Vampire Crawlers

All ratings87 ratings
Positive51.7%
Neutral16.1%
Negative32.2%
Written reviews69 reviews
Positive46.4%
Neutral11.6%
Negative42.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

POINPY

One-time3
  • Standard Tip$1.99
  • Generous Tip$4.99
  • Super Generous Tip!$9.99
None

Vampire Crawlers

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is POINPY free?
POINPY is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Vampire Crawlers free?
Vampire Crawlers costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, POINPY or Vampire Crawlers?
POINPY is rated higher. POINPY averages 5.0 out of 5 from 270 ratings, while Vampire Crawlers averages 3.5 from 91 ratings.
Do POINPY or Vampire Crawlers have ads?
Neither POINPY nor Vampire Crawlers shows ads.
Which is updated more often, POINPY or Vampire Crawlers?
POINPY ships an update every 2 weeks, and Vampire Crawlers weekly. Most recently, POINPY was updated on October 27, 2026 and Vampire Crawlers on October 28, 2026.

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